Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video]
by jaredmauch on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:39PM
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Being on the poles can be more expensive than underground. Trees, cars and even bullets can damage the wiring. Underground is more expensive to start with but cheaper long term.
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Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video]
by AlphaSite on Thursday September 10, 2020 @01:05AM
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Underground has a bunch of other issues as well, in the UK all records of the underground ducting have been lost in many areas in the 50-70 years since it was installed, which makes it a big headache.
Which makes fixing, replacing etc quite expensive and the quality can be suspect.